Salty Bitch Skin now has a deliciously hydrating lip balm available. The Honey Bee Lip Balm is completely edible...so you don't have to stress out when you find your three year old gulping it down (come on, who hasn't had this happen with a tube of chapstick!).

As we begin to make more products for Salty Bitch Skin, I want to share a little bit of our process and philosophy with you. Of course, any support we can garner from yo in the form of sharing or hell, even buying our little wonders is much appreciated.

Here are the health benefits of our "Detox the Nasty" bath bombs:

Activated Charcoal: Known to pull impurities from the pores and eliminate toxins. Activated charcoal can be very drying, but we have formulated our bath bomb to counteract that with restorative oils.

Lavender Essential Oil: Known to improve blood circulation, relieve pain and make you feel less anxious. Detoxes the body and mind.

Epsom Salt: The sulfates in epsom salts causes reverse osmosis and extracts toxins through the skin. Oh and did you know most folks are severely deficient in magnesium; soaking in epsom salts for at least 10 minutes helps restore your magnesium levels to reduce inflammation and chronic fatigue.

Vitamin E: A little goes a long way! Vitamin E works as a powerful antioxidant, but for some it can cause contact dermatitis. Our formula contains a small amount of this powerful vitamin to help reduce free radicals without causing a reaction. . So don't go slathering pure vitamin E all of your face or anything, okay?

Cocoa Butter: Cocoa butter is a skin saver...no joke. It healed my psoriasis (not even kidding). The butter moisturizes skin and is ideal for sensitive skin. This superfat raises immunity and reduces oxidative stress because of the oleic, stearic and palmitic acids.

I love to budget. Budget, budget, budget. My life revolves around spending/saving a certain amount of money each month with the goal of saving the leftovers in a savings account. It wasn't always like this. At one point, I was an irresponsible college student who blew money on frivolous items, but now that I am in graduate school and the mother of a little tot I find that budgeting is a must-do. With that said, budgets aren't simple to stick to at first, but with a few tricks, you can find yourself coming out with savings in the bank and accomplishing the goal of sticking to your budget.

Making bath bombs is harmoniously relaxing. Something in the mixing and decision making that free my spirit. We made these bath bombs using a variety of super good for you ingredients. No preservatives. No colorings. Just good old fashioned stuff.

If you would like to have some for yourself, check out the listing on SaltyBitchSkin.

After months of obsessing and mostly just biting my finger nails, my sister and I have decided to open an Etsy shop to sell the skin care products we've been making at home.

We know what you're thinking, "Oh god, another lady selling her DIY shit..." but I have to say that our products are different. We don't source recipes from the internet. We don't adhere to the whole wellness mumbo jumbo listed on every single "natural living" blog out there...We don't, really. It started out as a way to make skin care products that work for sensitive skin.

Together we have a strong chemistry and nutrition background. Not to mention we've been reading about dermatology, CAM, and other brilliant topics for nearly two years. We didn't want to go into the industry without a solid background. We still have tons to learn, but we feel comfortable in our current formulations to start offering them up.

Of course, the shop will slowly grow because we have other duties (i.e. running an editing department, raising children, actually writing something worth publishing, eating...). For now it will be weekend warrior style.

We are currently in the process of making a line of sensitive skin products such as toners, cleansing oils, lotions, soaps, serums and lip salves.

You can find the shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/saltybitchskin

It's under my sister's account because she is more savvy with that sort of stuff (I barely know the difference between a USB and a URL).

Whenever I visit my mother's house in the sticks, I am reminded that I am a different breed of mother. Why? Because my mother is a home daycare specializing in preschool readiness. She raises other people's children everyday, sometimes for years. She has one boy who is nine and has been coming here since he was 18 months old. Yeah. She's that good. Obviously he comes over after-school.

But, the point of this isn't to promote my mother. This is about the parents. Not all of them. Most parents who bring their children to this daycare, go to work and then promptly return for their children at the end of the day. Some of these kids, due to their parents work schedules, are here for ten hours each day. Sad, but necessary. These parents are pillars of the community and understand that raising a child is a multi-person adventure. The point is, though, that they never leave their children here on days off or for no reason other than work or an emergency.

I found this graphic over at Dr. Axe and I wanted to pass it along. Of course, I want to note that while most people can use witch hazel, others may have sensitivities.

I have sensitive skin and tried this, but it caused a little bit of a rash. After thinking about it, it was probably the alcohol content. I ordered witch hazel extract without the alcohol...I will tell you what happens.

Want to be a regular contributor? Look at the channels I have and if you are interested, send me your writing resume, and what you would write about if you were brought on. This is not a paid opportunity at the moment, but will be in the future.

I'm looking for killer guest posts too. Do you have one? I don't require that you have the entire post completed before contacting me...that seems silly. Shoot me an email and we will throw some topics around and get to know each other better.

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